Abstract
We present a high-power optical-parametric-oscillator (OPO) based frequency comb in the mid-IR wavelength region. The system employs periodically poled lithium niobate and is singly resonant for the signal. It is synchronously pumped by a femtosecond Yb:fiber laser centered at . The idler (signal) wavelength can be continuously tuned from with a simultaneous bandwidth as high as and a maximum average idler output power of . We also demonstrate the performance of the stabilized comb by recording the heterodyne beat with a narrow-linewidth diode laser. This OPO is an ideal source for frequency comb spectroscopy in the mid-IR.
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